The state without passports, AKI block tender for verification

Several weeks ago passports were produced on daily bases as much as demand has been, today production has been reduced by about 70 percent. That's because the MPB is out of material for their production.

It's actually being operated on just as much as it has stock materials, because the tender currency for personal identification documents expired last month.

On April 21st, 2022 has opened a tender of great value from the MPB procurement office, titled “Funding with personal identification documents and the maintenance of electronic systems”. The projected value of the contract is 12,5244,000 euros. This public framework contract will have 36 months of length and is effective from the date it goes into effect.

Periscope has learned that the tender has been stopped by the Kosovo Intelligence Agency AKI for some verifications, because one of the companies that has resulted in fulfilling the criteria has the basis for producing documents in Serbia.

Only two companies applied for this tender: Group of companies “Augetic GmbH; In Groups, home. The value of the offer, 12329261, 27 euros.

Group Company One. “Muhlbauer ID Services GmbH; Ymako KPS. The value of bid 12456071, 43 euros. This group of companies, although offering prices slightly higher than the other group, has been more complete with documentation, Periscopi has learned.

Group Muhlbauer It is the only technological partner worldwide for the production and personalisation of FRF cards, passports and apps that offers everything from a single source. There are about 3,500 employees, and the technological centers are in Germany, Malaysia, China, Slovakia, the US and Serbia.

“are verifying some data from AKI regarding the bidding companies, as one of them has the production base in Serbia, and if the documents were declared winners, they would be produced there, and the company's employees would maintain the entire system”, have said the well-informed source for Periscope.

In fact, the interest in applying for this tender had also shown conzerium “Phantom Solution” shpk, but it had considered that some of the criteria that were set on the part of the ministry have been favourable or discriminated against. The MPB had rejected her complaint, but she had made some changes to her contract recognition. This company had complained in OSHP and August 15th. The OSHP had rejected the complaint and left the MPB contract announcement in force. Although it has two bids, the MPB has not taken any steps to implement the tender. Its final announcement on June 10th 2022 is “Decision on suspension of procurement activity”, as it has been complaining to O The E.P. Although, it's been two months since O's decision. The KPS, the ministry has not issued a new decision on this tender to declare either the offers irresponsible or to recommend any contract.

Last week Periscope reported on a lack of documents, especially the immoral.

At the MPB, they have acknowledged that there are document supply problems, but have not specified the problem of passport production. They have said there is a reduction of production capacities as a preventative measure of difficulties in supply of documents according to planning, which has resulted from the overall global crisis caused by pandemic and war in Ukraine, respectively.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Civil Recording Agency, respectively, informs you that the process of producing documents is continuing and citizens are being equipped with documents. However, we have a reduction of production capacities as a preventative measure of difficulties in supply of blanco documents according to planning, which has resulted from the overall situation caused by Pandemia Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine, respectively. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is committed to resolving this issue as soon as possible”, the Office for Public Communication of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Periscope says.

Half of September 2021, The MPB, had been contracting 12 months of negotiations with the German company “Verridos GmbH” for the tender “Emergency Planning with ID documents and maintenance of the” systems. The value of the contract in which passport production has been involved has been 392980 euros. The contract has surpassed the currency in the past month and, as Periscopi has learned, the company has stopped framing, and the ministry is operating on the amount left on the stock. /Periscopi/